Literature & Fiction | British & Irish Literature
Free eBook

Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey

By J. M. Barrie

2020-01-24 22:10:56

"In England recently there died a great man—the greatest of his day. Immediately there arose much vain contention as to whether or no his dust should be given resting place among that of his peers in Westminster Abbey. Finally came the decision tha ... Read more
"In England recently there died a great man—the greatest of his day. Immediately there arose much vain contention as to whether or no his dust should be given resting place among that of his peers in Westminster Abbey. Finally came the decision that Westminster was not to be so honored; and the urn containing all of him that had outlived the fire was placed in the sunny graveyard of Dorking village. Looking down toward it from the long level summit of Box Hill—his hill,—with the sunlight glinting from its marbles and along the silver Mole that winds threadlike beside it, the little cemetery seems almost a living cheerful thing in the dark green of the surrounding landscape. Surely here, if anywhere, was appropriate resting-place for this great lover of life and joy. Less

Book Details

File size111.208 KB
Print pages26
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781356106431
autor-image
J. M. Barrie
Author
Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to...

Related Books

View All
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D. - Vol. 4: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Volume II
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
A Dangerous Place
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
History of English Literature; From Beowulf to Swinburne
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X; Historical Writings
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Great English Short-Story Writers, Vol. 1
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Nuts and Nutcrackers
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift - Vol. 3: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. I.
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Scouring of the White Horse; Or, The Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Vol. VII: Historical and Political Tracts--Irish
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
When Knighthood Was in Flower;
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Legends of Lancashire
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Mystery of Mary Stuart
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Poets and Dreamers; Studies and translations from the Irish
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
Leaving Everything Most Loved
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Tables of the Law, and The Adoration of the Magi
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood Translated From the French by Sir Gilbert Hay, Knight
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Two Years Ago, Volume II
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The O'Donoghue: Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D. - Volume IX; Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Two Years Ago, Volume I
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Irish Fairy Tales
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
From a Cornish Window
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Irish Books and Irish People
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS